CHAPTER 39: READING GUIDE-THE STALEMATED SEVENTIES Sources of Stagnation Define/ Explain: Productivity, Inflation 22. Describe the economic problems faced by the United States in the 1970s. Nixon "Vietnamizes" the War Define/Explain: Liberal Establishment, Vietnamization, Silent Majority, Nattering Nabobs of Negativism, My Lai 23. What was President Nixon’s plan for getting the US out of Vietnam? Cambodianizing the Vietnam War Define/Explain: Cambodia, Kent State University, Twenty-sixth Amendment, Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg 24. What developments caused many people to become even more critical of the war in 1970 and 1971? Nixon's Detente with Beijing (Peking) and Moscow Define/Explain: Henry Kissinger, Détente, ABM Treaty, SALT Treaty, MIRVs 25. What was the “China Card,” and how did Nixon use it? A New Team on the Supreme Bench Define/Explain: Judicial Activism, Miranda, Engel v. Vitale, Warren Berger, Roe v. Wade 26. Why was Nixon unhappy with the Supreme Court? Nixon on the Home Front Define/Explain: Aid the Families with Dependent Children, Reverse Discrimination, Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Health and Safety Administration, Silent Spring, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, Southern Strategy 27. How conservative was President Nixon? Explain. The Nixon Landslide of 1972 Define/Explain: George McGovern 28. How did the situation in Vietnam help Nixon win a landslide in the 1972 election? The Secret Bombing of Cambodia and the War Powers Act Define/Explain: Pol Pot, War Powers Act 29. What did Cambodia have to do with the War Powers Act? Bombing North Vietnam to the Peace Table 30. "The shaky `peace' was in reality little more than a thinly disguised American retreat." Explain. The Arab Oil Embargo and the Energy Crisis Define/Explain: 31. OPEC Explain the cause and effects of the Arab Oil Embargo. Watergate and the Unmaking of a President Define/Explain: Watergate, CREEP, Enemies List, Plumbers, John Dean, Executive Privilege, Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford, Saturday Night Massacre 32. Of what wrongdoing was the Nixon administration guilty? The First Unelected President 33. Did President Ford do the right thing when he pardoned Nixon? Explain. Defeat in Vietnam 34. What was the cost (not in just money) of the Vietnam War? Feminist Victories and Defeats Define/Explain: Title IX, ERA, Roe v. Wade 35. Why did the Equal Rights Amendment fail? Makers of America: The Vietnamese 36. What difficulties did Vietnamese immigrants experience when they came to America? The Seventies in Black and White Define/Explain: Desegregation, white flight, affirmative action, United States v. Wheeler 37. Explain the significance of the Bakke case. The Bicentennial Campaign and the Carter Victory Define/Explain: Jimmy Carter 38. Why did Jimmy Carter win the presidency in 1976? Makers of America: The Feminists 39. Compare and contrast the first and second feminist waves. Carter's Humanitarian Diplomacy Define/Explain: Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, Camp David Accords 40. Describe Carter's foreign policy achievements. Economic and Energy Woes Define/Explain: Shah of Iran 41. How did Carter react to the renewed energy crisis? Foreign Affairs and the Iranian Imbroglio Define/Explain: Leonid Brezhnev, SALT II, Ayatollah Khomeini, Afghanistan, Hostage Crisis 42. What foreign policy problems plagued the second half of Carter's presidency?